Found at the Scene in Manchester: A Detonator, Shrapnel and a BatteryBy C. J. CHIVERS MAY 24, 2017

The bomber in the Manchester terrorist attack appeared to have carried a powerful explosive in a lightweight metal container concealed either within a black vest or a blue Karrimor backpack, and to have held a small detonator in his left hand, according to preliminary information gathered by British authorities.

A woman has been arrested in connection with the Manchester Arena suicide bombing following an armed raid on a block of flats in Blackley, in the north of the city, Greater Manchester police have said.

It seems this "poor refugee" family fled Libya.. and had kids in UK.... but felt zero gratitude... Father traveled back to Libya.

I say FUCK REFUGEES.... all of them.

Help them where they are (if you must) but NEVER let them into your own country.

_________________Do not go gentle into that good night.___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

It is likely that Hillary unleashed these Libyan savages on the world...

Salman Abedi, 22, was the bomber in Manchester

Ismail Abedi, 23, is his older brother. He was arrested in Manchester by British police.

Hashem Abedi, 20, is Salman’s younger brother. He was arrested in Libya earlier today and confessed during interrogation to knowledge of the plot from April.

Ramadan Abedi, is the father of Ismael (23), Salman (22) and Hasem (20). Ramadan was arrested in Libya earlier today.

There were NO bomb-making materials in the house/apartment of the suicide bomber, Salman Abedi. This implies the bomb-maker is still around, possibly in England although most likely he exited the country prior to the terrorist attack.

The bomber, Salman Abedi, returned from visiting Libya only 3 weeks ago.

1,000 British military have been activated in response to the heightened terrorist plot.

_________________Do not go gentle into that good night.___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

MANCHESTER – British police on Saturday released surveillance-camera images of the Manchester concert bomber on the night of the attack as they appealed for more information about his final days.

[…] The photos released by police show attacker Salman Abedi on the night of the bombing, wearing sneakers, jeans, a dark jacket and a baseball cap. The straps of a knapsack are visible on his shoulders. Authorities said they had made major progress in unravelling the plot behind the concert bombing but acknowledged there were still gaps in their knowledge.

Greater Manchester Police chief Ian Hopkins and Neil Basu, the national coordinator of counterterrorism policing, urged people to contact police if they had information about Abedi’s movements between May 18 and Monday night.

Members of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi's network are still potentially at large, British interior minister Amber Rudd said on Sunday, after the terrorism threat level was lowered because of significant progress in the investigation.

Police said they have arrested a large part of the network behind the bombing, which killed 22 people at a concert hall, and three more men were arrested over the weekend as police continued to close in on the group.

Asked during an interview on BBC television whether some of the group were still at large, Rudd said: "Potentially. It is an ongoing operation. There are 11 people in custody, the operation is still really at full tilt in a way."

Greater Manchester Police said on Sunday that they had arrested a 14th person in connection with the attack. The 25-year-old man was detained in the southwest of the city on suspicion of terrorism offences. Police were also searching another address in the south of Manchester.[...]When asked how many potential militants the government was worried about, Rudd said the security services were looking at 500 different potential plots, involving 3,000 people as a "top list", with a further 20,000 beneath that.

"That is all different layers, different tiers. It might be just a question mark about one of them or something serious with that top list," she said.

The bomb attack in Manchester last month which killed 22 people was being planned since December, security officials in Libya have told the BBC.

Salman Abedi was being watched in Libya more than a month before the attack.

Officials in Tripoli have complained about poor security co-operation with the UK, which they say must be improved to prevent further attacks.

Abedi spent a quiet month with his family in Tripoli before returning to Britain to carry out mass murder.

Libyan officials have told the BBC's Orla Guerin that from the time of his arrival in the country he was under surveillance, along with his brother Hashem and father Ramadan.

It is unclear if that information was shared with the UK, our correspondent says.

Hashem Abedi and Ramadan Abedi are still being interrogated - daily - by Libya's Special Deterrence Force. Its spokesman Ahmed Ben Salem told the BBC the attack was being planned as far back as last December.

He said the force had important information about Abedi's contacts in the UK and Libya.

But security officials in Libya say they have closer co-operation with the CIA than with London.

• Salman Abedi, 22, is believed to have built bomb himself from online tutorials • Police originally thought sophisticated device had been made by a bombmaker • It is claimed similar tutorials on making bombs can still be watched on YouTube

By Emily Chan For Mailonline | Updated: 06:06 EDT, 24 June 2017

Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi made the deadly device that killed 22 people using YouTube videos and instructions from the dark web, it has been revealed.

The 22-year-old university student is understood to have built the bomb himself before detonating it at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena last month.

Police originally believed that the sophisticated device had been made by a bombmaker connected with Abedi.

A source told The Times: 'There were initially concerns that a bombmaker was on the loose but he seems to have made it himself.

'He was a very disturbed young man. He went online and carried out a lot of research.'

According to the newspaper, similar tutorials on making bombs can still be watched on YouTube.

Abedi is also believed to have accessed material on the dark web as he taught himself how to construct the device.

The improvised explosive device was contained in a rucksack that Abedi carried on his back and was packed with a massive number of small metal objects.

Terrorism investigators have confirmed that they believe the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, did not act alone when preparing his attack on an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.

In a briefing to the media on Thursday, investigators said that others may have been complicit in helping Abedi. Counter-terrorism officers have said that accomplices of the 22-year-old college student were aware that he was about to carry out the deadliest terror attack on UK soil since the 7/7 bombings.

Investigators revealed that although Abedi was not part of a terror network, there were others who knew he was planning to detonate a substantial nail bomb at the Ariana Grande concert.

Following the revelations, counter-terrorism officers repeatedly told a packed media conference that they were seeking to speak to Abedi’s younger brother, Hashem, 20. They have contacted Libyan authorities, but it was insinuated that they were anticipating lengthy complications before a request for access to Hashem was granted.

Hashem was arrested in Libya shortly after the explosion on 22 May, along with their father, Ramadan. Both are being held by the Special Deterrence Force, also called Rada.

In an interview with Reuters, Ahmed bin Salem, Rada’s spokesman, previously said Hashem helped his brother to buy bomb-making equipment in Britain.